# Access to IDC clinical data through \`idc-index\`

**URL:** <https://discourse.canceridc.dev/t/access-to-idc-clinical-data-through-idc-index/585>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [May 6, 2024, 11:46am UTC](https://discourse.canceridc.dev/t/access-to-idc-clinical-data-through-idc-index/585 "2024-05-06T11:46:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![kirbyju](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/discourse.canceridc.dev/kirbyju/32/70_2.png) [@kirbyju](https://discourse.canceridc.dev/u/kirbyju)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2024, 11:46am UTC](https://discourse.canceridc.dev/t/access-to-idc-clinical-data-through-idc-index/585/1 "2024-05-06T11:46:24Z")

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Hi Andrey,

Regarding all the other clinical spreadsheet info that you have imported to BigQuery, do you think it would make sense to somehow make that part of idc-index? Maybe you could create some kind of getClinicalData() function that ingests a collection name and extracts all the related clinical data from BigQuery into dataframes? Or are the spreadsheet data small enough you could distribute them directly within the idc-index package so users don’t need to authenticate with Google to access them?

Best,  
Justin

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**Author:** ![fedorov](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/discourse.canceridc.dev/fedorov/32/3_2.png) [@fedorov](https://discourse.canceridc.dev/u/fedorov)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2024, 3:19pm UTC](https://discourse.canceridc.dev/t/access-to-idc-clinical-data-through-idc-index/585/2 "2024-05-06T15:19:38Z")

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@kirbyju we do consider adding those. Technically, adding them as release attachments should be straightforward, but we need to think how to organize and provide access to those tables via `idc-index`. We have a few other items on the list for `idc-index` features. This one is definitely a priority too. I will try to remember to update this thread when we get to this, and I created an issue to track the status: [Add support for access to clinical data · Issue #73 · ImagingDataCommons/idc-index · GitHub](https://github.com/ImagingDataCommons/idc-index/issues/73).